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Slick Twine Top

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. Plus, the Album and Record of the Week and Lester's and Listener's Library song choices.

There's only one way to get through the night with a smile and that's with Alex, AKA the Dark Lord, on the Best Time of the Day Show.

There will be another track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, two more tracks from Alex's eclectic CD collection in the Lester's Library, a selection from you from the Listener's Library and Pause for Thought.

Alex is armed with the Drums of Pun, the Mallet of Stupidity and the Squeal of Campery; you won't get the chance to even think about sleeping!

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Sep 2013 02:00

Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Prefab Sprout

      Cars And Girls

      • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
      • Columbia.
  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.
  • Olly Murs

    Right Place Right Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Eagles

    Already Gone聽

    • The Very Best Of The Eagles.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 40.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Chain Of Fools

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • Shane Filan

    Everything To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Jessie J

    It's My Party (Live In Hyde Park)

  • Def Leppard

    Pour Some Sugar On Me

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • James Blunt

    Bonfire Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Van Morrison

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY FROM THE LP 'THE ISLAND YEARS'

    • John Martyn

      Over The Hill

      • ISLAND.
  • OneRepublic

    Counting Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
  • Hour 2

    • Donna Summer

      Love's Unkind

      • Best Of Donna Summer.
      • Warner Bros..
  • INXS

    New Sensation

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.
  • Passenger

    Holes

    • (CD Single).
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 1.
  • Neil Diamond

    Kentucky Woman

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.
  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Is A Bourgeois Construct

    • Electric.
    • x2 Recordings.
    • 1.
  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.
  • The Big Bopper

    Chantilly Lace

  • Birdy

    Wings

    • (CD Single).
    • 14th Floor Records.
    • 1.
  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY PICKED BY DAVID KRISTIANSEN IN LIVERPOOL

    • Steely Dan

      Your Gold Teeth II

      • Katy Lied.
      • ABC RECORDS.
  • The Belle Stars

    Sign of the Times

    • The Very Best Of The Belle Stars.
    • Hit Label.
  • Wilson Pickett

    In The Midnight Hour

  • Hour 3

    • The Mavericks

      Dance the Night Away

      • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
      • Telstar.
  • Terence Trent D鈥橝rby

    Sign Your Name

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 21.
  • Jamie Cullum

    You're Not The Only One

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Heart

    Alone

    • Missing You (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Elvis Presley

    The Wonder Of You

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Katie Melua

    I Will Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 2.
  • Herbie Hancock

    I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version)

    • Club Tropicana (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK MANIC STREET PREACHERS 'REWIND THE FILM' OUT 16TH SEPTEMBER

    • Manic Street Preachers & Cate Le Bon

      4 Lonely Roads

      • Rewind The Film.
      • Columbia.
      • 5.
  • Johnny Nash

    I Can See Clearly Now

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • John Newman

      Cheating

      • ISLAND.
  • Caro Emerald

    Riviera Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • Dion

    The Wanderer

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.
  • Alistair Griffin, Leddra Chapman & Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • Bananarama

    Robert De Niro's Waiting

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Tom Odell

    Grow Old With Me

    • Long Way Down.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Elkie Brooks

    Pearl's A Singer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.
  • Stephen Stills

    Love The One You're With

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    My Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Legacy.
    • 1.
  • Dawn

    Knock Three Times

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Eddie Cochran

    Somethin' Else

    • The Eddie Cochran Story.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Jack Johnson

    Radiate

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • ELTON JOHN + BLUE

    Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Simple Minds

    Blood Diamonds

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life (Live In Hyde Park)

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Sep 2013 02:00

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